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Canterbury Tales Review

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where are the pilgrims going on their pilgrimage?

a)

Tabard Inn

b)

To the Host's House

c)

Canterbury Cathedral

d)

London

2.

Why are the pilgrims going on the pilgrimage?

a)

Guilt

b)

Religious Devotion

c)

Loneliness

d)

Boredom

3.

What does the pilgrim get if they win the contest?

a)

Free dinner paid for by the pilgrims

b)

A free nights stay at the Tabard Inn

c)

An award from Thomas Beckett

d)

Chaucer's approval

4.

What is the point of the Wife of Bath's Tale?

a)

To anger

b)

To change the world

c)

To make you sad

d)

To humor

5.

What is the Wife of Bath's philosophy on marriage?

a)

To love equally

b)

To be controlled by her husbands

c)

To dominate her husbands

d)

To have a job

6.

What type of character is the knight?

a)

Static

b)

Dynamic

c)

Soft

d)

Funny

7.

What favor does the knight have to fulfill after the old woman saves his life?

a)

Work for her

b)

Give her money

c)

Go to jail

d)

Marry her

8.

The old woman offers the Knight a choice between....

a)

Love and Hate

b)

Beauty and Faithfulness

c)

Sin and Purity

d)

Good Manners and Good Deeds

9.

What is the old woman's opinion on poverty?

a)

It's only by luck who is rich and poor

b)

Being poor is a sin

c)

You should hate everyone who is poor

d)

No one who is poor can succeed

10.

From the Pardoner's Tale: What is a tavern-knave?

a)

A slave

b)

A serving-boy

c)

A rioter

d)

A pardoner

11.

How does the tavern-knave feel the rioters should treat death?

a)

He feels like should welcome Death

b)

Fear Death

c)

Treat Death with caution

d)

Laugh at Death

12.

Where are the three rioters when the tale begins?

a)

The Tabard Inn

b)

The Church

c)

Under a tree

d)

The Tavern

13.

Where does the old man tell the rioters to go in order to find Death?

a)

The Tavern

b)

The Canterbury Cathedral

c)

Under a tree

d)

A party

14.

What do the rioters find instead?

a)

Treasure

b)

Beer

c)

Nothing

d)

The Old Man

15.

Which of the three rioters commits murder?

a)

All of them

b)

None of them

c)

Only the one who goes into town

d)

The two that stay behind

16.

Death defeats the three rioters by appealing to.....

a)

Emotion

b)

Love

c)

Hatred

d)

Greed

17.

What is the definition of allegory?

a)

Using "like or "as" to compare two things.

b)

A story/person/object that stands for abstract ideas

c)

A story inside of a story

d)

A character that goes through a significant change